IN FRONT OF THE TV ON A SNOW DAY
~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~
who know absolutely nothing
of the origin and destiny of cats?”
~ Henry David Thoreau ~
What sort of a cat mom am I who has absolutely no idea what goes through Fuqua's mind when he watches TV? One of my friends wondered if Fuqua availed himself of the healthy snack of pears, there within easy reach. Well, it's true, Fuqua loves to bite the stems off the pears if given the chance!
In addition to Fantasia, he has been known to watch all of the Charlie Brown holiday specials, as well as the magic of illusionists Penn and Teller. A little feline sleight-of-hand . . .
than people believe,
and can be taught any crime"
[or magic trick].
~ Mark Twain ~
Fuqua enjoyed the Beach Body exercise videos.
When it comes to the origin and destiny of cats, Mark Twain had the right idea, and I'm sure that Fuqua and his little brother Lester would agree:
I urged that kings were dangerous.
Clarence said, then have cats. He was sure that a royal family of cats would answer every purpose. They would be as useful as any other royal family, they would know as much, they would have the same virtues and the same treacheries, the same disposition to get up shindies with other royal cats, they would be laughably vain and absurd and never know it, they would be wholly inexpensive, finally, they would have as sound a divine right as any other royal house. ... The worship of royalty being founded in unreason, these graceful and harmless cats would easily become as sacred as any other royalties, and indeed more so, because it would presently be noticed that they hanged nobody, beheaded nobody, imprisoned nobody, inflicted no cruelties or injustices of any sort, and so must be worthy of a deeper love and reverence than the customary human king, and would certainly get it. (see p 515)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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wrote about his own cats:
"There is nothing of continental or inter-national
interest to communicate about those cats.
They had no history;
they did not distinguish themselves in any way."
But still . . .
These Two
I love the way that the Light of God
is shining right through Fuqua's ear!
From Katy: "Kitti, this is sort of cosmic. One week ago I met with the director of the very nice new animal shelter in Lafayette. It’s across from the mall and state of the art, not like the old one at all. The director is in need of fundraising help, that’s why I was there. Anyway he gave me a tour and they have a vast number of cats in rooms they call Clowders. They were all cute but there was one cat I just can’t quit thinking about. It was gray/brindle and had gorgeous blue eyes and white feet. Looked to be a year or less old. If I didn’t have Peter and Dudley to think of I would have brought it home.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, just thought it was interesting that your blog was about Cats when I’m thinking of that cat."
From Laura: "What fun to read the numerous cat poems, cat memories, and cat images you have gathered, Kitti! Thank you for sharing!"